📍 500 Tidwell Dr, Houston, Harris County, 77022
Kipp Dream Prep is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 915 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Deanna Tompkins. It is part of the Kipp Texas Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kipp Dream Prep enrolls 915 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% Black or African American and 1.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 817 | 89% |
| Black or African American | 76 | 8.3% |
| White | 11 | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
853 of the school's 915 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 804 qualify for free lunch and 49 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kipp Dream Prep is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 6, state house district 148.
Kipp Dream Prep is one of 58 schools in KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 32,771 students district-wide and employs 1,976 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 915 students, Kipp Dream Prep is larger than the district average of about 565 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large